Song
1986 - Director : Picq, Charles
Choreographer(s) : Song (Italy)
Present in collection(s): Ministère de la Culture , CNC - Images de la culture
Video producer : CGP, théâtre de la Ville, Arcanal
Song
1986 - Director : Picq, Charles
Choreographer(s) : Song (Italy)
Present in collection(s): Ministère de la Culture , CNC - Images de la culture
Video producer : CGP, théâtre de la Ville, Arcanal
Song
Of the famous solo Blue lady (1983), the director and choreographer decided to keep only a few powerful images: the woman in the hat, painted death… The film takes us on a bucolic walkabout through the landscapes of Finland, the dancer’s adoptive home. To René Aubry’s pleasant and catchy music, Carlson offers a gestural ode to nature.
From graphic, almost minimal and above all abstract, Carolyn Carlson’s dance has become theatrical and narrative. The solo Blue lady is one of the premises of this transformation. This was the direction Charles Picq took when he put into images this danced self-portrait, three years after the creation of the show that Carlson performed world-wide. Poetic overlays of images, stops, slow and fast motion give the danced material a dreamlike density and create a “fantastic realism” that the choreographer will later develop in many of her productions.
Source : Patrick Bossatti
Song
Picq, Charles
Author, filmmaker and video artist Charles Picq (1952-2012) entered working life in the 70s through theatre and photography. A- fter resuming his studies (Maîtrise de Linguistique - Lyon ii, Maîtrise des sciences et Techniques de la Communication - grenoble iii), he then focused on video, first in the field of fine arts at the espace Lyonnais d'art Contemporain (ELAC) and with the group « Frigo », and then in dance.
On creation of the Maison de la Danse in Lyon in 1980, he was asked to undertake a video documentation project that he has continued ever since. During the ‘80s, a decade marked in France by the explosion of contemporary dance and the development of video, he met numerous artists such as andy Degroat, Dominique Bagouet, Carolyn Carlson, régine Chopinot, susanne Linke, Joëlle Bouvier and regis Obadia, Michel Kelemenis. He worked in the creative field with installations and on-stage video, as well as in television with recorded shows, entertainment and documentaries.
His work with Dominique Bagouet (80-90) was a unique encounter. He documents his creativity, assisting with Le Crawl de Lucien and co-directing with his films Tant Mieux, Tant Mieux and 10 anges. in the 90s he became director of video development for the Maison de la Danse and worked, with the support of guy Darmet and his team, in the growing space of theatre video through several initiatives:
- He founded a video library of dance films with free public access. This was a first for France. Continuing the video documentation of theatre performances, he organised their management and storage.
- He promoted the creation of a video-bar and projection room, both dedicated to welcoming school pupils.
- He started «présentations de saisons» in pictures.
- He oversaw the DVD publication of Le tour du monde en 80 danses, a pocket video library produced by the Maison de la Danse for the educational sector.
- He launched the series “scènes d'écran” for television and online. He undertook the video library's digital conversion and created Numeridanse.
His main documentaries are: enchaînement, Planète Bagouet, Montpellier le saut de l'ange, Carolyn Carlson, a woman of many faces, grand ecart, Mama africa, C'est pas facile, Lyon, le pas de deux d'une ville, Le Défilé, Un rêve de cirque.
He has also produced theatre films: Song, Vu d'ici (Carolyn Carlson), Tant Mieux, Tant Mieux, 10 anges, Necesito and So schnell, (Dominique Bagouet), Im bade wannen, Flut and Wandelung (Susanne Linke), Le Cabaret Latin (Karine Saporta), La danse du temps (Régine Chopinot), Nuit Blanche (Abou Lagraa), Le Témoin (Claude Brumachon), Corps est graphique (Käfig), Seule et WMD (Françoise et Dominique Dupuy), La Veillée des abysses (James Thiérrée), Agwa (Mourad Merzouki), Fuenteovejuna (Antonio Gades), Blue Lady revistied (Carolyn Carlson).
Source: Maison de la Danse de Lyon
Song
Choreography : Carolyn Carlson
Interpretation : Carolyn Carlson
Original music : René Aubry
Production / Coproduction of the video work : Charles Picq
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